Call for abstracts for the international conference «LACONA XIII – Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks», 14-18th September 2020 (Florence)

Call for abstracts for the international conference «LACONA XIII – Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks», 14-18th September 2020 (Florence)

LACONA XIII “Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks” is the International Conference on advances in photonic techniques for diagnostics and conservation-restoration of Cultural Heritage.

This year, LACONA XIII includes two closely related initiatives:

• Workshop “Photonics for Diagnostics and Conservation of Cultural Heritage”, which will take place in the CNR Area of Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy, on September 14^th , 2020, and
• Conference, which will be held in Florence, at the Auditorium of Santa Apollonia, 15-18^th September 2020.

Participants can register to one or both initiatives. Deadline for abstract submissions April 20^th, 2020

Works presented at the Conference, as poster or oral presentation, can be submitted for publication in a Virtual Special Issue of Journal of Cultural Heritage or in an associated Book of Proceedings. Submitted manuscripts will undergo the usual peer-review process.

Researchers, technologists, conservators and restorers are warmly invited to submit their abstracts on photonic techniques for diagnostics, restoration-conservation and related best practices.

For more information, registration, and submission: www.lacona13.eu and FLYER